Method for generating specifications of static test

• US 8,645,908 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2010
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Amano, Tomio
• Primary Examiner(s): Frenel, Vanel
• Application Number:
  US12/862,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 717/104, 717/33, 717/114, 717/106, 717/108
• US Class Current: 717/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven

Abstract

A computer implemented rule for verifying consistency in design documents is modeled as a set of associations among deliverable components, and a descriptive text explaining the specification is generated in combination with a text template.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for the generation of static test specification text, the method comprising:

modeling, utilizing a processor, an association between at least two components of a first design document;

modeling, using the processor, at least one check rule as an association class among said at least two components, wherein said modeling at least one check rule step comprises the following steps;

(i) determining, using an existence check rule, whether at least one component of a first design document is found in a second design document, and (ii) determining, using an identity check rule, whether said at least one component of said first design document coincides with a corresponding component identified by said existence check rule in said second design document;

defining, using the processor, a template for the text of each association class based on the determinations of the existence check rule and the identity check rule; and

creating, using the processor, a specification text.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the step of creating a specification text further comprises:

connecting said template for the text of each association class;

defining a specification text for said check rule; and

defining a specification text for each association class.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the step of creating a specification text further comprises the following when the text of an association class contains a variable portion:

fixing said variable portion by following the associations between said at least two components of said design document.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said modeling steps utilize a standardized modeling language.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein said standardized modeling language is Unified Modeling Language (“

UML”

).

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said at least one check rule is stored as Extensible Markup Language (XML) data.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said template is described by XSL Transformations (XSLT).

8. A computer system for generating static test specification text, said system comprising:

a first design document comprising at least two components;

a processor adapted to model an association between said at least two components of said first design document and further wherein said processor is adapted to model at least one check rule as an association class among said at least two components, wherein modeling at least one check rule as an association class comprises (i) determining, using an existence check rule, whether at least one component of a first design document is found in a second design document, and (ii) determining, using an identity check rule, whether said at least one component of said first design document coincides with a corresponding component identified by said existence check rule in said second design document;

a defined template for the text of each association class, wherein said defined template is based on the determinations of the existence check rule and the identity check rule; and

a specification text generator adapted to create a specification text, wherein said specification text generator creates said specification text using said defined template.

9. The computer system according to claim 8, further comprising:

wherein said processor is further adapted to connect said template for the text of each association class;

wherein said specification text generator is further adapted to define a specification text for said check rule and to define a specification text for each association class.

10. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein said specification text generator is further adapted to, when the text of an association class contains a variable portion, fix said variable portion by following the associations between said at least two components of said design document.

11. A computer program stored on a computer readable storage medium, the program comprising instructions for generating static test specification text, said computer program comprising:

instructions for modeling an association between at least two components of a first design document;

instructions for modeling at least one check rule as an association class among said at least two components, wherein modeling at least one check rule comprises;

(i) determining, using an existence check rule, whether at least one component of a first design document is found in a second design document;

determining, using an identity check rule, whether said at least one component of said first design document coincides with a corresponding component identified by said existence check rule in said second design document;

instructions for defining a template for the text of each association class, wherein said template is based on the determinations of the existence check rule and the identity check rule; and

instructions for creating a specification text.

12. The computer program according to claim 11, further comprising:

instructions for connecting said template for the text of each association class;

instructions for defining a specification text for said check rule; and

instructions for defining a specification text for each association class.

13. The computer program according to claim 11, wherein the instructions for creating a specification text further comprise the following when the text of an association class contains a variable portion:

instructions for fixing said variable portion by following the associations between said at least two components of said design document.